JP2021044833A - Data signal transmission in wireless communication system with reduced end-to-end latency - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide an approach of a constant bit rate and a flexible subframe length for multicarrier access systems.SOLUTION: A receiver receives a data signal. The data signal comprises a plurality of data signal blocks 104. At least one of the data signal blocks 104 has a first block structure with a predefined duration in the time domain, the number of symbols in the time domain and a bandwidth in the frequency domain, and at least one of the data signal blocks 104 has a second block structure with a predefined duration in the time domain, the number of symbols in the time domain and a bandwidth in the frequency domain. The first block structure and the second block structure are different. The receiver comprises a signal processing device to process the symbols of the data signal blocks 104 having the first block structure and the second block structure.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

The present invention relates to the field of wireless communication systems, such as wireless mobile communication systems, in which data is transmitted from a transmitter to one or more receivers such as mobile terminals, where the transmitter is a wireless communication system or other. It can be a base station for mobile terminals. Embodiments of the present invention relate to data transmission in such systems with reduced end-to-end latency. Embodiments of the present invention provide a constant bit rate and flexible subframe length approach for multicarrier access systems.

FIG. 1 shows a schematic diagram of an example of a wireless communication system including a plurality of base stations eNB _{1 to eNB 5} , wherein each base station surrounds a base station schematically represented by _{cells 100 1 to} 100 _5. Provide services to the area of. The base station is provided to provide services to mobile terminals existing in the cell. FIG. 1 shows an exemplary diagram of only five cells, but a wireless communication system may include more such cells. FIG. 1 shows two mobile terminals UE ₁ and UE _{2 located in cell 100 2} and serviced by base station eNB ₂ . Arrows 102 ₁ and 102 ₂ are used to transmit data from mobile terminals UE ₁ and UE ₂ to base station eNB ₂ , or to transmit data _{from base station eNB 2} to mobile terminals UE ₁ and UE ₂ , respectively. A schematic representation of a link / downlink channel. The wireless communication system can actually be, for example, an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) system or an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Connection (OFDA) system used by the LTE standard, or other multicarrier systems based on the frequency splitting multiplexing system. .. In the current LTE standard, the transmission time interval (TTI) is defined as having a length of 1 ms, which is a particle size that allows data to be mapped from the upper layer to the physical layer (PHY) to perform the transmission. is there. The mobile terminal processes the received data with a particle size of 1 ms. The UE needs to be synchronized to the wireless network and send control information every millisecond to see if any data has been sent to the UE, and if positive, the mobile terminal is 1 ms long. The data channel with has to be decoded.

The OFDMA system for data transmission uses an OFDMA-based physical resource grid that contains a set of resource elements to which various physical channels and physical signals are mapped. For example, according to the LTE standard, a physical channel is a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) that carries user-specific data, also called downlink payload data, such as a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) that carries a master information block, eg. It may include a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) or the like that carries downlink control information (DCI). The physical signal may include a reference signal (RS), a synchronization signal, and the like. The LTE resource grid contains 10 ms frames in the time domain with a given bandwidth in the frequency domain. The frame has 10 subframes of 1 ms length, and each subframe contains two slots consisting of 6 or 7 OFDM symbols, depending on the cyclic prefix (CP) length.

FIG. 2 shows an exemplary OFDMA subframe 104 for two antenna ports, such as that which can be used for LTE downlink communication. The subframe shown contains two resource blocks (RBs), each composed of one slot of the subframe and twelve subcarriers in the frequency domain. The subcarriers in the frequency domain are shown as subcarriers 0 to 11, and in the time domain each slot contains OFDM symbols 0-6. The resource element consists of one symbol in the time domain and one subcarrier in the frequency domain. The white box 106 represents a resource element that is assigned to the PDSCH and carries the payload or user data. Resource elements for physical control channels (carrying non-payload or non-user data) are represented by shaded boxes 108. According to the example, resource elements can be assigned to PDCCH, physical control format instruction channel (PCFICH), and physical hybrid ARQ instruction channel (PHICH). The cross-slashed boxes 110 represent resource elements assigned to the RS that can be used for channel estimation. The black box 112 represents an unused resource in the current antenna port and may correspond to an RS in another antenna port.

The resource elements 108, 110, 112 assigned to the physical control channel and the physical reference signal are not evenly distributed over time. More specifically, in slot 0 of subframe 104, all resource elements associated with symbol 0 are assigned to the physical control channel or physical reference signal. The resource elements associated with symbol 4 in slot 0, as well as the resource elements associated with symbols 0 and 4 in slot 1 of the subframe, are partially assigned to the physical control channel or physical reference signal. The white resource elements shown in FIG. 2 can carry symbols related to payload data or user data, and in slot 0 12 resource elements 106 for symbols 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 are payload data. On the other hand, in symbol 4 of slot 0, only eight resource elements 106 are assigned to the payload data, and no resource element is assigned to the payload data of symbol 0. In slot 1, all resource elements associated with symbols 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 are assigned to the payload data, while symbols 0 and 4 are assigned only eight resource elements to the payload data.

The duration of the subframe 104 is 1 ms, and according to the LTE standard, the TTI is 1 ms. When transmitting data using the resource grid structure shown in FIG. 2, the receiver, for example, a mobile terminal or a mobile user, receives the resource element shown in FIG. 2 in 1 ms. The information contained or defined in the resource element may be processed and a certain number of payload data is received for each transmission, i.e. for each TTI having a length of 1 ms. The transmission scheme results in end-to-end latency greater than 1 ms. This is because the receiver first receives a transmission with a duration of 1ms and then processes the control information when the transmission is complete to see if any data has been transmitted to the receiver and if true. This is because the receiver decodes the 1 ms long data channel. Therefore, the duration of transmission and the processing time are added to make a period exceeding 1 ms.

An object of the present invention is to reduce end-to-end latency in a wireless communication system using a data signal having a plurality of resource elements defined by a symbol in the time domain and a frequency of the bandwidth in the frequency domain. Is to provide an approach that enables.

This object is achieved by the subject matter described in the independent claims.

Embodiments are defined in the dependent claims.

A schematic diagram of an example of a wireless communication system including a plurality of base stations is shown. An exemplary OFDMA subframe for two antenna ports, such as that which can be used for conventional LTE downlink communication, is shown. An LTE OFDMA-based CBR subframe for one antenna port according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown. An LTE OFDMA-based CBR subframe according to another embodiment of the invention, assuming two antenna ports for different selected transmitting antenna ports, is shown, as shown in FIG. 4A as used in the first antenna port. A subframe is shown, with FIG. 4B showing a subframe structure as used in the second antenna port. 5A-5D show embodiments of an LTE OFDMA-based CBR subframe structure according to yet another embodiment of the invention, assuming four antenna ports for different selected transmitter antenna ports. Corresponding CBR subframes, such as those used when transmitting at transmitter antenna ports 1, 2, 3, and 4, respectively, are shown. A first LTE OFDMA-based CBR subframe with a subframe structure as shown in FIG. 4A, followed by a second LTE OFDMA-based CBR subframe, the control information and user data Separated according to one embodiment of the invention. An LTE OFDMA-based CBR subframe with a subframe structure as shown in FIG. 3 is shown, with control information and user data separated according to another embodiment of the invention. An embodiment of a subframe structure different from the LTE structure, which can be used according to the embodiment of the present invention, is shown. An embodiment for implementing reduced TTI signaling to a receiver according to one embodiment of the invention is shown, FIG. 9A shows a master information block (MIB) as used in conventional approaches. , FIG. 9B shows a modified MIB with additional information according to the approach of the present invention. A further embodiment of the modified MIB is shown that allows the static configuration to be applied to smaller parts of the system bandwidth. Yet another modified MIB embodiment is shown. Indicates a radio resource control (RRC) connection configuration message that can use a "late noncritical extension" to convey that the DCI format used contains information about TTI allocation. The throughput vs. TTI index over one RB for the TTI length of one OFDM symbol (FIG. 13A) and two OFDM symbols (FIG. 13B) is shown. FIG. 5 is a schematic representation of a data signal that uses carrier aggregation to transmit ULD frames. It is the schematic of the wireless communication system for transmitting information from a transmitter to a receiver. FIG. 5 is a schematic representation of a transmitter in a wireless communication system for transmitting data or information to a receiver according to an embodiment.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In the following, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, but elements having the same or similar function are referred to by the same reference numerals.

Data transmission in a wireless communication system such as the OFDMA system shown in FIG. 1 can use the resource grid structure shown in FIG. The TTI, also called the transmission interval, is selected to be 1 ms, which is the duration of the subframe, also called the data signal block. A receiver such as a mobile user processes the data at a particle size of 1 ms. That is, the receiver synchronizes with the wireless network every 1 millisecond and processes the control information. If the processing of the control information indicates that the data has been designated as a receiver, the 1ms duration of the data channel is decoded. There may be situations of extreme real-time communication use cases, such as ultra-low latency (ULD) services, where end-to-end latency needs to be reduced to 1 ms or less. End-to-end latency reduction cannot be achieved if the receiver processes the data at a particle size of 1 ms. The TTI may be reduced to reduce the latency to 1 ms or less, and the reduction in the TTI length may increase the throughput of file transfer protocol (FTP) / transmission control protocol (TCP) transmission, for example in slow start mode. In that respect, it can bring enormous advantages and can lead to faster processing at the application layer.

According to a first aspect of the invention, TTI reduction is provided along with a modified format of subframes to ensure a constant throughput of user data or payload data, regardless of the actual length of the TTI. .. The TTI can be reduced from the traditional 1ms length over 14 symbols (in normal CP) in one subframe to one symbol, thereby reducing the traditional 1ms single TTI. Instead of using it, 14 TTIs of one symbol length are applied. According to the first aspect, the conventional subframe format is modified so that the payload throughput remains constant regardless of the TTI used.

According to the second aspect, frames or subframes of different formats may be received by the receiver. It may have, for example, one or more first frames or subs having a first format (also called a block structure) having a predetermined duration in the time domain, the number of symbols in the time domain, and bandwidth in the frequency domain. It has a frame (also called a data signal block), and a second format (different from the first format) that has a predetermined duration in the time domain, the number of symbols in the time domain, and the bandwidth in the frequency domain. One or more second frames or subframes. The receiver processes frame or subframe symbols that have the first and second formats.

Different frames or subframes can be received continuously or simultaneously, for example using carrier aggregation (CA).

For example, the first frame or subframe may be an LTE frame or subframe, i.e. a frame or subframe having a format or structure according to the LTE standard, so that the resource element is defined by the LTE standard. , Assigned to control channels, reference signals and payloads. The second frame or subframe may be a ULD subframe according to a further aspect described herein. The ULD subframe of the embodiments described herein is an example of a frame that differs from the legacy LTE frame structure and uses carrier aggregation technology to reduce the user in a backwards compatible manner. It is possible to achieve a constant bit rate over transmission. According to a further embodiment, other frame structure patterns can be aggregated with conventional LTE radio frame structures while maintaining bandwidth size. For example, a radio frame having a format / structure different from the LTE standard may have a similar OFDM symbol configuration when compared with the LTE standard, but may have a data element (resource element) of a control signal and a reference signal. It may have different arrangements.

According to the third aspect, the format of the subframe remains substantially the same and the receiver begins processing the received symbol earlier than in the conventional approach. That is, the receiver processes the data with reduced particle size corresponding to the reduced TTI. In other words, the decoded data channel length is shorter than the subframe length or duration. Due to the early start of processing on the receiver side, a reduction in end-to-end latency is achieved. According to the embodiment, an additional signal is provided to the receiver to notify the receiver of the actual TTI length. This allows the receiver to start processing the received symbol early. That is, when the receiver recognizes the fact that the TTI is shorter than the duration of the subframe, the receiver may start processing the already received data with the reduced particle size corresponding to the reduced TTI. it can.

Hereinafter, aspects of the present invention will be described in more detail, but it should be noted that all aspects can also be used together in combination. For example, consider the following regarding signal transmission to a receiver. When using a subframe transmitted in combination with a standard frame (second aspect), for example, when using carrier aggregation having the format of the present invention (first aspect), within the subframe. Which of the resource blocks uses the subframe format of the present invention and what is the actual TTI (third aspect).

First Aspect-Subframe Format According to a first aspect of the invention, the reduction of TTI involves modification of the subframe format when compared to the format described above with reference to FIG. Throughput of payload data or user data remains constant regardless of the actual TTI used.

Considering the traditional subframe structure of transmitting a frame of a data signal containing multiple subframes, each subframe has substantially the same number of resource elements associated with the payload data, as the TTI corresponds to the subframe length. .. When considering, for example, ULD services, such as ULD video, ULD machine type communication (MTC), the time transmission interval TTI can be reduced to be equal to, for example, one OFDM symbol. In other words, given FIG. 2 and the TTI of one OFDM symbol, all resource elements associated with symbol 0 in slot 0 of the subframe are unused (see block 112) or control information or reference. No user data is transmitted during the first TTI because it is either assigned to a signal (see blocks 108, 110). Twelve resource elements 106 assigned to user data are transmitted between each of the following three TTIs, eight resource elements 106 assigned to user data are transmitted during the fifth TTI, and a sixth. The 12 resource elements 106 assigned to the user data are transmitted again between the 7th TTI and the 7th TTI. In slot 1 of the subframe 104, the number of resource elements 106 allocated to user data is 8, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12 for the 7th to 14th TTIs. Changes with the resource elements of. That is, the data rate for each TTI is not constant. This may force the ULD surface to adapt to the available data rates, which is not optimal for services that rely on constant data rates.

Figures 3, 4 and 5 show embodiments of the first aspect of the invention, providing constant data throughput or constant bit rate (CBR) regardless of the TTI length used in the multicarrier OFDMA transmission system. As described above, the resource elements assigned to the reference signal and the control information are mapped in the subframe. For physical control channels and physical signals so that the number of resource elements 106 to which payload data is mapped to each symbol remains constant or is the same for each symbol in subframe 104. Control data is mapped to resource elements. FIG. 3 shows an embodiment of an LTE OFDMA-based CBR subframe 104 that assumes one antenna port so that there are no unused resource elements. Compared to FIG. 2, according to the approach of the present invention, the mapping of resource elements 108, 110 assigned to the reference signal and control information is evenly distributed over the time domain. For each symbol, the number of resource elements 106 assigned to user data or payload data is the same or constant. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 3, two resource elements are assigned to the control information for each symbol in the subframe, except for the symbol in which the resource element is assigned to the reference signal. The resource element assigned to the control information is associated with the first or twelfth subcarrier, but according to other embodiments, the control data resource elements 108 and 110 have the number of payload resource elements 106. It can be associated with a subcarrier in different ways, as long as it remains the same or constant for each symbol in the subframe. According to other embodiments, more control information resource elements 108 or fewer control information resource elements 108 may be provided, as well as the physical signal resource element 110 may be repositioned, and / Or the number of physical signal resource elements 110 may be increased or decreased.

According to the approach of the present invention, RS resource elements 110 are more evenly distributed over the duration of the subframe and are evenly spaced over time and frequency, thereby providing a conventional subframe structure for time-varying channels. The same channel estimation capability as when used is ensured. The control information resource elements 108 for, for example, PDCCH, PCFICH, and PHICH are more evenly distributed over the duration of the subframe over the duration of the subframe, which allows for storage of CBR, as compared to conventional cases. The resource element 108 for control information is interleaved in the frequency domain, thereby utilizing frequency diversity. According to other embodiments, such as heavy network scenarios, the control data may be mapped to additional resource elements evenly distributed between the OFDM symbols and the time domain, thereby the payload resource elements per OFDM symbol. The number of is the same or remains constant.

Throughput data, regardless of the actual number of OFDM symbols covered by the TTI, when considering TTIs that have a length shorter than the subframe length of the subframe in FIG. 3, eg, a length of less than 14 OFDM symbols. The number of resource elements 106 per TTI associated with is the same or constant, which results in constant data throughput regardless of changes in TTI, and the subframe structure of the present invention provides end-to-end latency. Especially for ULD services where reduction is desired (achieved by reduced TTI and early initiation of data processing) and requires constant data rates for optimal performance (achieved by the subframe structure of the invention). It will be suitable.

In the above description of FIG. 3, a subframe of a data signal containing twelve subcarriers in the frequency domain and two slots of seven symbols in the time domain is referenced. Note that the actual data signal may include multiple frames, each frame containing a predetermined number of subframes, eg 10 subframes in the case of the LTE standard. Each subframe can contain up to 1200 subcarriers for LTE subframes in systems with more than 12 subcarriers, eg, 20 MHz bandwidth. The resource block RB of the data signal may consist of one slot of the subframe and twelve subcarriers in the frequency domain so that the subframe can contain multiple resource blocks. FIG. 3 shows an embodiment of two resource blocks of a subframe.

FIG. 4 shows an LTE OFDMA-based CBR subframe according to another embodiment of the invention, assuming two antenna ports for different selected transmitting antenna ports. FIG. 4A shows a subframe as used in the first antenna port and FIG. 4B shows a subframe structure as used in the second antenna port. Compared to FIG. 3, the subframes shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B include an additional black box 112 indicating resource elements that are not used in the current antenna port. These resource elements 112 correspond to resource elements used for reference signals of other antenna ports. For each symbol, the number of payload data resource elements 106 is constant over the duration of subframe 104, and as described above, resource elements 108, 110 related to non-user data are properly placed.

FIG. 5 shows an embodiment of an LTE OFDMA-based CBR subframe structure according to another embodiment of the invention, assuming four antenna ports for different selected transmitter antenna ports. 5A-D show the corresponding CBR subframes as used when transmitting at transmitter antenna ports 1, 2, 3 and 4, respectively. In the embodiment of FIG. 5, the number of payload data resource elements 106 in the subframe is constant over the frame length, i.e., for each symbol in the two slots of subframe 104, a constant number or the same. A number of payload data resource elements 106 are provided. In the embodiment of FIG. 5, the resource element 108 assigned to the control information is provided for each of the twelfth subcarrier symbols. The reference signal resource element 110 is evenly distributed over the subframe duration and frequency domain. Thus, with the exception of the symbol 6 in each slot of the subframe 104, the symbol is the three resource elements 106 associated with the non-payload data, such as the control information resource element 108 and the reference signal resource element 110, or the control information reference element. Includes 108 and unused resource element 112. Symbol 6 in each slot of subframe 104 does not contain any reference signal resource element 110 or unused resource element 112, so that additional resource element 108 is added to the control information to maintain a constant data rate. Assigned. Comparing with FIGS. 3 and 4, which show the symmetrical arrangement of the control information resource element 108 with respect to the subcarrier, FIG. 5 shows another embodiment in which the control information resource element 108 is arranged asymmetrically with respect to the subcarrier. Shows morphology. According to the embodiment, the control information resource element 108 can be arbitrarily arranged as long as the number of payload data resource elements 106 remains constant over the subframe duration.

According to the embodiments described above, assuming the static behavior of the radio channel within the duration of the subframe, the subframe structure of the present invention depends, for example, on a constant throughput of such data for optimum performance. It provides a constant data throughput with the payload data or user data intact, as desired by the ULD service.

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Hereinafter, a further embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention will be described. In conventional systems, for example systems that use LTE subframes with a length or duration of 1 ms, the receiver performs channel estimation based on the reference signal within the subframe and first OFDM of the subframe. Processes symbol or column control information, thereby identifying whether resource elements are assigned to receivers. If a resource element is assigned to the receiver, the modulation and encoding scheme (MCS) is indicated and the receiver is finally included in the OFDM symbol for PDSCH resource element 106 (payload data resource element). Decrypt the data. Given the ULD service, which requires latency to be less than 1 ms, for example, using the subframes of the invention described above may not be sufficient due to the distribution of non-payload data over the duration of the subframes. The receiver waits for the entire subframe to be transmitted. This is because only then the receiver has all the symbols that can be processed to perform channel estimation, decode control information, and finally decode the data assigned to the receiver. is there. Therefore, the latency still exceeds 1 ms. According to embodiments, immediate decoding of transmitted user data is provided regardless of the TTI length used to transmit the data. This is achieved by estimating and predicting channels based on previously received reference signals and by using pre-allocated and previously transmitted control data. Reference and control data received during the previous subframe can be used to process the data received over the current TTI. According to embodiments, reference signals and control data received during the current subframe TTI can also be used to process the data received over the current TTI. Reference signal and control data received during the current subframe can also include reference signal and control data received during the current TTI. According to this embodiment, when receiving the current subframe, the receiver does not have to wait for the delivery of all reference signals and all control data in the current subframe, which would require at least 1 ms with the conventional approach. , Already has all the necessary information required for immediate data processing. Since the information of the current frame already exists in the receiver prior to the reception of the current frame, for example, considering the TTI length of one symbol, the receiver of the embodiment of FIG. 3 has slot 0 of the subframe. Decryption of the payload data associated with the resource element of symbol 0 in is started immediately. The receiver can also process the reference signal required for channel estimation of subsequent or subsequent subframes.

FIG. 6 shows a first LTE OFDMA-based CBR subframe 104 ₁ followed by a second LTE OFDMA-based CBR subframe 104 ₂ . Subframes 104 ₁ and 104 ₂ have a subframe structure as shown in FIG. 4A, and control information for determining whether or not data is assigned to a receiver and finally decoding the data is provided. It is statically mapped to a subframe. Control information for transmission in the second subframe is transmitted in the first subframe 104 ₁ , and PDSCH or payload data assigned to the receiver is transmitted in the second subframe 104 ₂ . Control information and user data are separated. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 6, _{for the receiver processing the subframes 104 1} and 104 ₂ , the user data is stored in the second subframe 104 ₂ in the fourth and fifth slots of the first slot. It is assumed to be in the symbol or OFDM column, as well as in the second to sixth symbols or OFDM columns of the second slot. The control information in the resource element 114 in the _first subframe 104 1 related to the eleventh subframe _{is data in the first slot of the second} subframe 104 2 (eg, data in the resource element 116). Includes control information for determining if is assigned to the receiver and finally decoding the data as indicated by arrow 118. Similarly, the control information in the resource element 120 in the _first subframe 104 1 associated with the 0th subcarrier _{is data in the second slot of the second subframe 104 2} (eg, in the resource element 122). Data) is determined to be assigned to the receiver, and finally contains control information for decoding the data as indicated by arrow 124. Payload data for other OFDM symbols or columns can be assigned to other receivers. According to other embodiments, the control information 114, 120 of the _first subframe 104 1 may indicate other parts of each slot of the _{second subframe 104 2 containing user data.} Control information related to the data in the current subframe (second subframe 104 ₂ ) is processed in an earlier subframe, eg, the first subframe 104 ₁ , and the data in the _{second subframe 104 2 is} For example, a reduced TTI of one TTI can be followed immediately after reception.

FIG. 7 shows an LTE OFDMA-based CBR subframe 104 having a subframe structure as shown in FIG. 3, a control for determining whether data is assigned to a receiver and finally decoding the data. Information is dynamically mapped to subframes. TTI length, as indicated by block ₁₂₆ 1-126 _7, i.e. one resource element of the block ₁₂₆ 1-126 ₇ between each TTI is transmitted to a receiver, which is two OFDM symbols. The control information for determining whether the data is assigned to the receiver and finally decoding the data is dynamically mapped to the current subframe 104. Control information and user data in that the control signal for PDSCH or payload data assigned to the receiver and transmitted in the second part of subframe 104 is transmitted in the first part of subframe 104. Are separated. The number of resource elements assigned to the control information may be provided dynamically. For example, control information may be provided within the resource elements assigned to the two OFDM symbols represented by the small rectangles 128 ₁ and 128 ₂ or the four OFDM symbols represented by the large rectangles 130 ₁ and 130 _2. Instead of a fixed mapping of control information to subframes as in the sixth embodiment, according to the seventh embodiment, the number of OFDM symbols or columns used in the control information is transmitted to the receiver. It has such a structure. The number of OFDM symbols used in the control information may be the same as or different from the reduced TTI applied to the transmission of user data. Information on which OFDM symbols are used for control information may be given in a system information block (SIB) or RRC message. The receiver may search for control data by decoding the indicated number of OFDM signals via the signal transduction described above, and finally decode the payload resource element 106, which is the resource element assigned to the PDSCH. You may. In the embodiment of FIG. 7, the receiver is provided by the transmitted information, or control information is provided first to the reduced TTI126 _1, or TTI126 _1, 126 ₂ in which the first and second reduced Get what was done. The control information in the resource elements 128 ₁ , 128 ₂ or 130 ₁ , 130 ₂ is assigned to the receiver with user data and the user data is the fifth reduced TTI 126, as indicated by _{arrows 132 1} and 132 _2. It was shown that it was provided in _5. Payload data in other reduced TTIs may be assigned to other receivers.

According to embodiments, a first aspect of the invention allows the reference signal to be evenly distributed over the duration of a resource block while maintaining time-domain and frequency-domain spacing, with the rest associated with control information. Provides an approach that allows the OFDM symbols to be interleaved in the frequency domain while balancing them in the time domain, thereby achieving a constant bit rate or constant data throughput. The channel may be estimated and predicted based on previously received pilot symbols, and the control data required to decode the payload data may be transmitted prior to the actual transmission.

Second Aspect-Different Frame / Subframe Structure According to the second aspect, different formats of frames or subframes, such as a first frame or subframe having a structure conforming to the LTE standard, and different from the LTE standard. A second frame or subframe having the structure may be received by the receiver. According to embodiments, the second frame / subframe can have a structure according to the embodiments described herein.

FIG. 8 shows an embodiment of a subframe structure different from the LTE structure that can be used according to the second aspect of the present invention. An embodiment of a radio subframe that differs from the LTE Legacy case in terms of control data location allocation is shown.

FIG. 8A shows a radio subframe structure having a shortened TTI length, more specifically a static TTI length configuration with seven OFDM symbols from left to right. Control data 108 is always in one of the first OFDM column column or block ₁₂₆ 1-126 ₂ is transmitted / received over a TTI length. FIG. 8B shows a radio subframe structure with a shortened TTI length having a static TTI length configuration consisting of three OFDM symbols from left to right. Control data 110 is always located in the first OFDM column column or block ₁₂₆ 1-126 ₅ is transmitted / received over one TTI length. The subframe structure shown in FIGS. 8A and 8B has a reduced TTI length in the previous subframe or prior to receipt of the current TTI without the need for pre-allocation and transmission of control data. It is a further embodiment of LTE transmission using the first and third aspects described in.

Figure 8C is no control data overhead defined for the legacy LTE frame, showing a radio sub-frame structure according to another embodiment having a 14 symbols TTI (see block 126 _1). Only the reference signal 110 is provided and all other available resource elements are assigned to the payload data 106. This radio frame structure with no control overhead makes it possible to achieve higher throughput, which is beneficial, for example, for applications that consume wide bandwidth.

The frame / subframe according to the above embodiment according to the second aspect can be transmitted together with the LTE frame / subframe using, for example, carrier aggregation (see below).

Third Aspect-Reduced TTI Signal Transmission to Receiver According to a third aspect of the invention, TTI is reduced to be shorter than the subframe length, eg TTI is a single OFDM symbol or It can have multiple OFDM symbol lengths. The receiver begins processing the symbols of the data signal received over the shortened TTI. Therefore, unlike the conventional approach of starting decoding of control information and finally payload data after the receiver waits for 1 ms, according to a third aspect of the invention, the receiver processes the received symbol. Start early. For example, considering the subframe shown in FIG. 2, assuming a TTI of one OFDM symbol, the receiver starts processing the first symbol at the time of receiving the first symbol, and therefore the payload in the next TTI. Control information is available when the data is received, and as a result, data processing is started earlier than in conventional methods. According to an embodiment of a third aspect of the invention, the number of symbols transmitted over a reduced TTI or one transmission interval is transmitted to the receiver. Therefore, by transmitting the reduced TTI to the receiver, the receiver can begin processing the received symbols early.

According to one embodiment of the third aspect of the present invention, control information describing an OFDM frame configuration, for example SIB, may be provided. An LTE downlink frame or some static configuration of an LTE frame, indicating that the subframe is composed of several TTIs, eg, 14 TTIs of one OFDM symbol length, rather than a single TTI. Given, the number of OFDM symbols per TTI is indicated to the receiver, which can map the physical transport block (PTB) to physical layer resources. The signal transduction was that the full bandwidth within the subframe, that is, one or more frequency bands within the subframe, or one or more resource blocks within the subframe, was transmitted using reduced TTI. Can be shown. According to the embodiment, for example, by using a subframe index, it is possible to indicate a time range indicating which subframe of the frame of the data signal uses the reduced TTI.

FIG. 9 shows an embodiment for implementing shortened TTI signal transmission to a receiver according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 9A shows the MIB 134 used in the conventional approach, and FIG. 9B shows the modified MIB 136 containing additional information according to the method of the invention. The modified MIB 136 includes an additional element called "reduced_tti_config" 138 that transmits the number of TTIs in the subframe to the receiver. The number of TTIs in a subframe may be transmitted to be 1 (n1) corresponding to the conventional approach, or 2 OFDM symbols, 7 OFDM symbols, or 14 OFDM symbols per subframe. It may be 2, 7, or 14 TTIs, which means that the symbols are transmitted, respectively. In the embodiment of FIG. 9, the signal transduction may be static for at least four complete LTE frames (40 ms). This is because the MIB is transmitted on the PBCH only once in each frame of subframe 0, and the content remains the same within the four consecutive PBCHs, and the next change in signal transmission can occur after 40 ms.

FIG. 10 shows a further embodiment for a modified MIB 140 that allows the static configuration to be applied to less bandwidth parts of the system. As can be seen from the comparison between FIG. 10 and FIG. 9B, the MIB 140 further includes an item called "red_tti_bandwise" 142, which includes, for example, a reduced TTI to allow early processing of received symbols to begin. The resource blocks in the four resulting LTE frames used are shown.

According to other embodiments, signal transduction may be included in the SIB instead of the MIB. In such cases, the receiver is informed that the reduced TTI may be used for some subframes or some resource blocks within the subframes. FIG. 11 is yet another modified MIB 144 embodiment that includes an item called "reduced_tti_config_used" 146, which is a Boolean value indicating whether such reduced TTI is used (true) or not (false). Is shown. If the use of reduced TTI is indicated, the SIB is given additional information about which of the RBs, or which of the subframes, are actually using the reduced TTI.

According to a further embodiment of the third aspect of the present invention, a reduced TTI with a reduced number of OFDM symbols (symbols less than the total number of symbols in the subframe) can be dynamically used. For example, the receiver can be dynamically configured to use the shortened TTI in at least some of the resource blocks or subframes. This configuration can be implemented via RRC messages or using a modified DCI format that allows mapping to TTIs that vary between subframes for multiple receivers in the communication system. .. The system configuration can indicate the particle size of the TTI size, i.e. the number of OFDM symbols that make up the minimum TTI length, and the DCI format takes a resource block or subframe assigned a TTI length with the minimum particle size value to the receiver. Can be shown. Signal transduction can be instantiated in MIB or SIB. Alternatively, RRC messages can be used to negotiate with the receiver, for example during random access or handover, i.e. during the configuration phase. The DCI format may be used to indicate each time that is the TTI length used at a given moment, with respect to the first aspect when considering the RRC connection configuration message 148, as shown in FIG. As mentioned above, the "late noncritical extension" 150 may be used to convey that the DCI format used contains information about TTI length allocation and optionally modified subframe structures. it can.

According to a third aspect of the invention, the subframe may consist of two or more TTIs, resulting in very different transport block sizes depending on the TTI index, resulting in different TTIs. In contrast, it can result in highly variable throughput. This is shown in FIG. 13 and shows the throughput vs. TTI index over one resource block for the TTI length of one OFDM symbol (FIG. 13A) and two OFDM symbols (FIG. 13B). As can be seen from FIG. 13, the approach according to the third aspect may have varying bit rates or varying data throughput without the modified subframe format according to the first aspect, but data processing, ie. Despite changing throughput, it allows for earlier start of data processing, reducing end-to-end latency to less than 1 ms as desired for certain real-time communication applications.

According to a further embodiment that can be used with the first, second and third aspects described above, carrier aggregation (CA) can be used to ensure backward compatibility. For example, the ULD frame structure can be used in different bands, for example by using carrier aggregation (CA), to ensure backward compatibility. FIG. 14 shows a legacy LTE frame for transmitting a ULD frame implemented according to an embodiment of the first and third aspects of the invention described above, or according to an embodiment of the second aspect of the invention described above. It is a schematic diagram of a data signal using CA for transmitting another frame different from. FIG. 14 schematically shows a frame 160 of a data signal using in-band continuous CA. The data signal includes three component carriers 162 ₁ , 162 ₂ and 162 ₃ . Carrier component 162 ₁ includes a plurality of aggregated carriers spanning a first, i.e., primary frequency band of 5 MHz, which can be used to transmit conventional LTE frames in which the TTI is equal to the subframe length. In another embodiment, the LTE frame in the primary frequency band may be implemented according to the above-described embodiment of the first and second aspects of the present invention. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 14, the carrier components 162 ₂ and 162 ₃ include a plurality of aggregated carriers spanning a second frequency band of 1.4 MHz and a third frequency band of 1.4 MHz, respectively. Can be used to transmit ULD frames that are adjacent to the primary frequency band and are implemented according to the aforementioned embodiments of the present invention.

According to one embodiment, the UE or receiver uses LTE frames as access points to synchronize using the ULD frame structure and to discover where to search for bandwidth using the ULD frame structure. can do.

According to another embodiment, the UE or receiver may decode all bands to obtain ULD and non-ULD data.

According to one embodiment, for example, two secondary bands are juxtaposed (continuous at frequency) for low cost realization.

According to one embodiment, the bandwidth decoded by the UE may be a subset of the sum of the two bands in order to reuse the existing components. For example, the bandwidth of the UE be equal to the bandwidth of the primary band 162 _1, but bandwidth ₁₆₄ 1, 164 _2, which is decoded, the band ₁₆₂ 2 which is carrier aggregation, 162 _3, and the primary band 162 ₁ single The part is included continuously, for example, and as a result, a part of the primary band is skipped. Preferably, a portion of the primary band in which the sync signal is located is maintained.

According to embodiments, only one CA band or multiple CA bands can be attached to the primary band and the UE may be instructed to decode the upper or lower side of the total bandwidth. This can be done dynamically, for example, depending on the load.

The above embodiments have been described using in-band continuous carrier components, but the present invention is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the carrier components may be intra-band discontinuous or inter-band discontinuous.

The signal transduction of the present invention according to a third aspect can be used in combination with the first and second aspects described above, thereby, for example, to implement a ULD service, or any portion of the bandwidth of a radio frame. To indicate to the user equipment which subframes, or which resource blocks within the subframes contain the subframe format of the present invention, to indicate which subframes should be processed.

According to yet another embodiment of the invention that can be used in the first, second and third aspects, data transmission using the reduced TTI with or without the subframe format of the invention is predetermined. It can only be implemented within a frequency band, subframe or resource block that is not given the control information provided within the resource element of. For example, in the case of LTE downlink, there are control channels that are transmitted over a longer period of time and take a predetermined central bandwidth position in the frequency domain, for example, the primary sync channel (PSCH) and the secondary sync channel (SSCH) are the first. Repeated every 6 subframes, the physical broadcast channel (PBCH) is transmitted every first subframe within the LTE radio frame. For example, in order to ensure backward compatibility, the subframe in which the control data is in place does not utilize the reduced TTI, nor does the reduced TTI be used with the subframe format of the present invention. According to such an embodiment, only subframes containing control information that can be freely mapped or placed use reduced TTI, and only such subframes are indicated to have reduced TTI.

According to another embodiment of the invention that can be used in the first, second and third aspects, the symbols in the data signal blocks transmitted / received over different transmission intervals can be associated with different receivers. For example, in the embodiment of FIG. 7, TTI length, are transmitted as indicated by block ₁₂₆ 1-126 _7, i.e. one resource element of the block ₁₂₆ 1-126 ₇ to the receiver during each TTI Two OFDM symbols, resource elements within all or some blocks can be associated with different UEs or receivers.

According to embodiments of the present invention, the first, second and third aspects can be implemented in the wireless communication system shown in FIG. 1, including transmitters such as base stations and receivers such as mobile terminals. .. FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram of a wireless communication system 200 for transmitting information from the transmitter TX to the receiver RX. The transmitter TX includes the antenna ANT _TX , the receiver RX includes the antenna ANT _RX , and the signal is transmitted from the transmitter TX to the receiver RX via a radio communication link such as a radio link, as indicated by arrow 204. Will be sent. Transmission may follow an OFDMA communication approach, and the transmission time interval referenced above indicates the duration of wireless transmission from transmitter TX to receiver RX. The transmitter TX includes an input 206 for receiving data transmitted to the receiver RX. The input data 206 is received by the OFDMA modulator 208, which includes a signal processor 210 for processing the received signal 206 to generate a data signal to be transmitted to the receiver RX. The signal transmission between the transmitter TX and RX follows the first, second and third aspects of the present invention described above. That is, the transmitter may include an OFDMA modulator, which is a subframe of the invention for constant data throughput for one or more subframes or resource blocks transmitted to receiver RX. The format operates to be selected and / or the use of reduced TTI for one or more subframes or RBs in the signal transmitted to the receiver RX is indicated to the receiver as described above. Works like this. The receiver RX receives the signal from the transmitter TX via the antenna and supplies the signal to the OFDMA demodulator 212 including the signal processor 214, and as a result, processes the received signal to generate the output signal 216. To do.

FIG. 16 is a block diagram of a first transmitter 300 in a wireless communication system for transmitting information to a receiver according to the above embodiment. The transmitter 300 receives data 302 encoded by the channel encoder 304, modulated by the modulator 306, and mapped to the plurality of carriers by the mapper 308. The signal 310 is the control signal 314 supplied by the control channel unit 316 and the control mapper 318 in 312, the pilot symbol 320 from the pilot symbol generator 322, and the PSS / SSS signal 324 from the PSS / SSS signal generator 326. Is synthesized with. The synthesized signal 328 is supplied to the IFFT + CP block 330 and converted into an analog region by the DAC 332. The analog signal 336 is processed for wireless transmission and finally transmitted by antenna 338. According to embodiments, aspects of the invention can be implemented using mappers 308 and 318 for mapping control and data elements according to the embodiments described above. For signal transduction, for example, the control channel unit 316 may be used to provide additional information about the reduced TTI.

When using the CA approach described above, an additional transmitter 400 may be provided in addition to the transmitter 300 so that in cooperation with the transmitter, for example, an additional frame different from the legacy LTE frame is received. Provided to the machine. The structure of the transmitter 400 is substantially the same as that of the transmitter 300, with the corresponding blocks indicated by the corresponding reference numerals. Transmitter 400 uses CA-compliant components to provide additional frames.

Hereinafter, further embodiments will be described. The first embodiment provides a receiver, the receiver is configured to receive a data signal, the data signal comprises at least one data signal block, the data signal block having a predetermined duration in a time region. A data signal block is received over multiple transmission intervals, including the number of symbols in the time region and bandwidth in the frequency region, so that a subset of the symbols in the data signal block is received over one transmission interval. The length of the transmission interval is shorter than the duration of the data signal block, and the receiver comprises a signal processing device configured to process the symbols of the data signal block received over one transmission interval.

The second embodiment provides the receiver of the first embodiment, and the receiver is configured to receive information indicating to the receiver the number of symbols received over one transmission interval.

A third embodiment provides the receiver of the second embodiment in which the number of symbols received over one transmission interval is relative to the total bandwidth of the data signal block or the bandwidth of the data signal block. Shown for one or more parts of.

A fourth embodiment provides the receiver of the second or third embodiment, wherein the data signal includes a plurality of data signal blocks, and the number of symbols received over one transmission interval is the number of symbols of the data signal block. Shown for one or more of them or for each.

A fifth embodiment provides a receiver of one of the second to fourth embodiments, the data signal block includes control data and payload data, and the number of symbols received over one transmission interval. The information shown to the receiver is included in the control data of the data signal block.

A sixth embodiment provides a receiver of one of the first to fifth embodiments, the data signal includes a plurality of data signal blocks, the plurality of data signal blocks being controlled by a predetermined resource element. Data in a data signal block that includes one or more data signal blocks that contain data and that contains control data in a given resource element is received at transmission intervals equal to the duration of the data signal block.

A seventh embodiment provides a receiver of one of the first to sixth embodiments, where symbols and frequencies define resource elements of the data signal block, where the data signal block provides control data and payload data. Control data is mapped to the resource elements of the data signal block, including, for each symbol, the number of resource elements to which the payload data is mapped is constant.

An eighth embodiment provides a receiver of one of the first to seventh embodiments, wherein the bandwidth of the data signal block includes a first frequency band and a second frequency band, and the data signal. The block is received over at least one of the first and second frequency bands over a plurality of transmission intervals.

A ninth embodiment provides the receiver of the eighth embodiment, the bandwidth of the data signal block includes at least one additional frequency band in which the data signal block is received over multiple transmission intervals.

The tenth embodiment provides the receiver of the eighth or ninth embodiment, and the signal processing device decodes data from a frequency band including a first frequency band and a part of the second frequency band. The bandwidth of the frequency band configured and decoded as described above is the bandwidth of the first frequency band.

The eleventh embodiment provides the receiver of the tenth embodiment, and a part of the first frequency band includes a physical signal for synchronizing the receiver with a wireless network.

A twelfth embodiment provides a receiver of one of the eighth to eleventh embodiments, the first frequency band is the first carrier component of carrier aggregation, and the second frequency band is the carrier. It is the second carrier component of aggregation, and the carrier component is in-band continuous, in-band discontinuous, or inter-band discontinuous.

A thirteenth embodiment provides a receiver of one of the first to twelfth embodiments, in which symbols of data signal blocks received over different transmission intervals are associated with different receivers.

The fourteenth embodiment provides a receiver of one of the thirteenth to thirteenth embodiments, the receiver is a mobile terminal in the OFDMA radio communication system, and the data signal is provided from the transmitter of the radio communication system. The OFDM signal is an OFDM signal, the OFDM signal has a plurality of frames, the frame contains a plurality of subframes, the data signal block is a subframe of the OFDM signal, the transmission interval is the transmission time interval, and the subframe is. , Includes multiple transmission time intervals.

A fifteenth embodiment provides a transmitter, the transmitter is configured to transmit a data signal, the data signal includes at least one data signal block, the data signal block having a predetermined duration, time in a time domain. One transmission such that a data signal block is transmitted over multiple transmission intervals and a subset of the symbols of the data signal block is transmitted over one transmission interval, including the number of symbols in the region and the bandwidth in the frequency region. The length of the interval is shorter than the duration of the data signal block, and the transmitter has one transmission interval so that the receiver can process the symbols of the data signal block received over one transmission interval. It is configured to transmit information that indicates to the receiver the number of symbols received over.

A sixteenth embodiment provides a wireless communication system that includes a receiver of one of the first to fourteenth embodiments and a transmitter of the fifteenth embodiment.

A nineteenth embodiment provides a method of receiving a data signal at a receiver, wherein the data signal comprises at least one data signal block, the data signal block having a predetermined duration in a time domain. Having time, number of symbols in the time domain, and bandwidth in the frequency domain, the data signal block is received over multiple transmission intervals so that a subset of the symbols in the data signal block is received over one transmission interval. The length of one transmission interval is shorter than the duration of the data signal block, including receiving and processing the symbols of the data signal block received over one transmission interval by the receiver.

A twentieth embodiment provides a method, wherein the data signal is transmitted by a transmitter, the data signal comprising at least one data signal block, the data signal block having a predetermined duration in a time domain. Having time, number of symbols in the time domain, and bandwidth in the frequency domain, the data signal block is transmitted over multiple transmission intervals so that a subset of the symbols in the data signal block is transmitted over one transmission interval. The length of one transmission interval is shorter than the duration of the data signal block, so that the receiver can process the symbols of the data signal block received over one transmission interval. It includes transmitting information on the transmitter indicating to the receiver the number of symbols received over one transmission interval.

A twenty-first embodiment provides a method, wherein the data signal is transmitted by a transmitter of a wireless communication device, wherein the data signal includes at least one data signal block, and the data signal block is a time region. Having a predetermined duration, number of symbols in the time region, and bandwidth in the frequency region, the data signal block is transmitted over multiple transmission intervals, and a subset of the symbols of the data signal block is transmitted over one transmission interval. The length of one transmission interval is shorter than the duration of the data signal block so that it can be transmitted, and information indicating the number of symbols received over one transmission interval can be transmitted by the transmitter. The data signal and information indicating the number of symbols received over one transmission interval are received by the mobile terminal of the wireless communication system, and the symbols of the data signal block received over one transmission interval are processed by the wireless terminal. Including to do.

Some aspects of the described concepts have been described in the context of the device, but these aspects also describe the corresponding methods such that the block or device corresponds to a method step or characteristic of the method step. Represents. Similarly, aspects described in the context of method steps also represent descriptions of the features of the corresponding block or item, or the corresponding device.

Depending on the specific implementation requirements, embodiments of the present invention can be implemented in hardware or software. Implementation can be performed using a digital storage medium containing electronically readable control signals, such as a floppy disk, DVD, Blue-Ray, CD, ROM, PROM, EPROM, EEPROM or FLASH memory. , These work with (or can work with) a programmable computer system so that the corresponding method can be implemented. Therefore, the digital storage medium may be computer readable.

Some embodiments according to the invention are electronically readable control signals that can work with a programmable computer system such that one of the methods described herein is practiced. Includes data carriers with.

In general, embodiments of the present invention can be implemented as a computer program product having program code, which acts to implement one of the methods when the computer program product runs on a computer. to enable. The program code can be stored, for example, in a machine-readable carrier.

Other embodiments are stored in a machine-readable carrier and include a computer program for performing one of the methods described herein. Thus, in other words, an embodiment of the method of the invention is a computer program having program code for performing one of the methods described herein when the computer program runs on a computer. is there.

Accordingly, a further embodiment of the method of the invention is a data carrier (or digital storage medium or computer) on which a computer program for performing one of the methods described herein is recorded and contained. It is a readable medium). Therefore, a further embodiment of the method of the invention is a data stream or signal sequence representing a computer program for performing one of the methods described herein. The data stream or signal sequence can be configured to be transferred over a data communication connection, for example over the Internet. Further embodiments include processing means configured or adapted to perform one of the methods described herein, such as a computer or programmable logic device. A further embodiment includes a computer on which a computer program for performing one of the methods described herein is installed.

In some embodiments, programmable logic devices (eg, field programmable gate arrays) can be used to perform some or all of the functions of the methods described herein. In some embodiments, the field programmable gate array can work with a microprocessor to perform one of the methods described herein. In general, these methods are preferably performed by any hardware device.

The embodiments described above are merely exemplary of the principles of the invention. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that modifications and variations of the configurations and details described herein will be apparent to those skilled in the art. Accordingly, it is intended to be limited only by the claims below and not by the particular details provided by the description and description of the embodiments herein.

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Receivers (UE1, UE2, RX)
The receivers (UE1, UE2, RX) are configured to receive data signals, the data signals include at least one data signal block (104), which is a predetermined in the time domain. Includes duration, number of symbols in the time domain, and bandwidth in the frequency domain
The length of one transmission interval is such that the data signal block (104) is received over a plurality of transmission intervals and the length of one transmission interval is such that a subset of the symbols of the data signal block (104) is received over one transmission interval. Shorter than the duration of the signal block (104),
A receiver (UE1, UE2, RX) comprising a signal processing device configured such that the receiver processes the symbol of the data signal block (104) received over one transmission interval. Symbols and frequencies define the resource elements (106-112) of the data signal block (104).
The data signal block (104) includes control data and payload data.
The control data is mapped to the resource elements (108-110) of the data signal block (104) so that the number of resource elements (106) to which the payload data is mapped is constant for each of the symbols. The receiver according to claim 1 (UE1, UE2, RX). The data signal includes a plurality of data signal blocks (104).
The control data in the current data signal block (104) is to process at least partially the payload data in the future data signal block (104) received after the current data signal block (104). The receiver according to claim 2 (UE1, UE2, RX) provided. The data signal includes a plurality of data signal blocks (104).
The length of one transmission interval is such that the data signal block (104) is received over a plurality of transmission intervals and a subset of the symbols of the data signal block (104) is received over one transmission interval. Shorter than the duration of the signal block (104),
The receiver (UE1, UE2, RX) comprises a signal processing device configured to process the symbol of the data signal block (104) received over one transmission interval.
The control data received at one or more transmission intervals is for processing payload data received at one or more transmission intervals of the current data signal block (104) and / or the current data signal block. The receiver according to claim 2, provided to process payload data received at one or more transmission intervals of a future data signal block (104) received following (104). UE2, RX). The data signal block (104) is received over a plurality of transmission intervals and
The length of one transmission interval is shorter than the duration of the data signal block (104) so that a subset of the symbols of the data signal block (104) are received over one transmission interval.
Claims 2-4, wherein the receivers (UE1, UE2, RX) include a signal processing device configured to process the symbol of the data signal block (104) received over one transmission interval. The receiver (UE1, UE2, RX) according to any one of the items. The receivers (UE1, UE2, RX) are configured to receive information indicating to the receivers (UE1, UE2, RX) the number of symbols received over one transmission interval.
5. The fifth aspect of the present invention, wherein the receivers (UE1, UE2, RX) include a signal processing device configured to process the symbol of the data signal block (104) received over one transmission interval. Receivers (UE1, UE2, RX). The control data includes a plurality of reference signals and a plurality of control information.
The reference signal is uniformly distributed over the duration of the data signal block (104) and is evenly spaced over time and frequency.
The receiver (UE1, UE2, RX) according to any one of claims 2 to 6, wherein the control information is uniformly distributed over the duration of the data signal block (104) in the time domain. When the data signal is an OFDM signal, n _s is a slot number in a wireless frame, and l is an OFDM symbol number in a slot.

Sent to port p

By modifying the mapping to, in which shift θ ₁ is introduced into the OFDM symbol l, the reference signal is uniformly distributed over the duration of the data signal block (104), time and frequency. Arranged at equal intervals over

Here, k defines the OFDM position in the frequency domain,

The OFDM number in the time domain is

The receiver (UE1, UE2, RX) according to claim 7, which is redefined as. The receiver (UE1, UE2, RX) according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein one or more of the symbols of the data signal block (104) are associated with different receivers. It ’s a data signal,
Includes at least one data signal block (104)
The data signal block (104) has a predetermined duration in the time domain, the number of symbols in the time domain, and the bandwidth in the frequency domain, and the symbols and frequencies are resource elements (106) of the data signal block (104). ~ 112) is defined and
The data signal block (104) contains control data and payload data.
The control data is mapped to the resource elements (108-110) of the data signal block (104) so that the number of resource elements (106) to which the payload data is mapped is constant for each symbol. Data signal. The data signal of claim 10, wherein one or more of the symbols in the data signal block (104) are associated with different receivers. Receivers (UE1, UE2, RX)
The receivers (UE1, UE2, RX) are configured to receive data signals, the data signals include a plurality of data signal blocks (104).
At least one of the data signal blocks (104) has a first block structure having a predetermined duration in the time domain, the number of symbols in the time domain, and the bandwidth in the frequency domain.
At least one of the data signal blocks (104) has a second block structure having a predetermined duration in the time domain, the number of symbols in the time domain, and the bandwidth in the frequency domain. The block structure and the second block structure are different,
The receiver (UE1, UE2, RX) includes a signal processing device configured to process the symbol of the data signal block (104) having the first block structure and the second block structure. , Receiver (UE1, UE2, RX) The length of one transmission interval is such that the length of one transmission interval is such that the data signal block (104) is received over a plurality of transmission intervals and a subset of the symbols of the data signal block (104) is received over one transmission interval. 12. The signal processing apparatus is configured to process the symbol of the data signal block (104) received over one transmission interval, which is shorter than the duration of the signal block (104). The receivers described (UE1, UE2, RX). 13. The thirteenth aspect of the invention, wherein the receivers (UE1, UE2, RX) are configured to receive information indicating to the receivers (UE1, UE2, RX) the number of symbols received over one transmission interval. The receivers described (UE1, UE2, RX). The number of symbols received over one transmission interval is for all of the bandwidth of the data signal block (104), or for one or more portions of the bandwidth of the data signal block (104). The receiver according to claim 14 (UE1, UE2, RX). Claims that the data signal comprises a plurality of data signal blocks (104) and the number of symbols received over one transmission interval is indicated for one or more or each of the data signal blocks (104). Item 14 or 15, the receiver (UE1, UE2, RX). The data signal block (104) includes control data and payload data, and the information indicating to the receivers (UE1, UE2, RX) the number of symbols received over one transmission interval is the data signal block (104). The receiver (UE1, UE2, RX) according to any one of claims 14 to 16, which is included in the control data of the above. The data signal includes a plurality of data signal blocks (104).
The plurality of data signal blocks (104) include one or more data signal blocks (104) including control data in a predetermined resource element (108).
12. 17 of claims 12-17, wherein the data of the data signal block (104) including the control data in the predetermined resource element (108) is received at a transmission interval equal to the duration of the data signal block (104). The receiver (UE1, UE2, RX) according to any one of the items. Symbols and frequencies define the resource elements (106-112) of the data signal block (104).
The data signal block (104) contains control data and payload data.
The control data is mapped to the resource elements (108-110) of the data signal block (104) such that the number resource element (106) to which the payload data is mapped is a constant for each symbol. , The receiver (UE1, UE2, RX) according to any one of claims 12 to 18. The bandwidth of the data signal block (104) includes a first frequency band and a second frequency band.
The receiver according to any one of claims 12 to 19, wherein the data signal block (104) is received over at least one of the first and second frequency bands over a plurality of transmission intervals. UE1, UE2, RX). 20. The receiver (UE1, the receiver) according to claim 20, wherein the bandwidth of the data signal block (104) includes at least one additional frequency band in which the data signal block (104) is received over a plurality of transmission intervals. UE2, RX). The signal processing device is configured to decode data from a frequency band including the first frequency band and a part of the second frequency band, and the bandwidth of the decoded frequency band is the first. The receiver (UE1, UE2, RX) according to claim 20 or 21, which is the bandwidth of the frequency band of. 22. The receiver (UE1, UE2, RX) of claim 22, wherein said portion of the first frequency band comprises a physical signal for synchronizing the receiver with a wireless network. The first frequency band is the first carrier component of carrier aggregation, the second frequency band is the second carrier component of the carrier aggregation, and the carrier component is continuous in band, discontinuous in band, or The receiver (UE1, UE2, RX) according to any one of claims 20 to 23, which is discontinuous between bands. The receiver (UE1, UE2, RX) according to any one of claims 12 to 24, wherein the symbol of the data signal block (104) received at different transmission intervals is associated with a different receiver. The receivers (UE1, UE2, RX) are mobile terminals in the OFDMA wireless communication system.
The data signal is an OFDM signal provided by a transmitter of the wireless communication system, the OFDM signal has a plurality of frames, the frame includes a plurality of subframes, and the data signal block (104) is the said. The receiver (UE1, UE2, etc.) according to any one of claims 1 to 25, which is a subframe of an OFDM signal, the transmission interval is a transmission time interval, and the subframe includes a plurality of transmission time intervals. RX). It ’s a transmitter,
The transmitter is configured to transmit a data signal, the data signal comprising at least one data signal block (104), the data signal block (104) having a predetermined duration in the time domain, a symbol in the time domain. Including the number of, and the bandwidth in the frequency domain,
One such that the transmitter is configured to transmit the data signal block (104) over a plurality of transmission intervals and a subset of the symbols of the data signal block (104) are transmitted over one transmission interval. A transmitter in which the length of the transmission interval is shorter than the duration of the data signal block (104). It ’s a transmitter,
The transmitter is configured to receive a data signal, the data signal comprising a plurality of data signal blocks (104).
At least one of the data signal blocks (104) has a first block structure having a predetermined duration in the time domain, the number of symbols in the time domain, and the bandwidth in the frequency domain.
At least one of the data signal blocks (104) has a second block structure having a predetermined duration in the time domain, the number of symbols in the time domain, and the bandwidth in the frequency domain, said first. A transmitter in which the block structure and the second block structure are different. A wireless communication system comprising the receiver (UE1, UE2, RX) according to any one of claims 1 to 9 or 12 to 26 and the transmitter according to claim 27 or 28. Receiving a data signal at a receiver (UE1, UE2, RX)
The data signal comprises at least one data signal block (104), the data signal block (104) comprising a predetermined duration in the time domain, the number of symbols in the time domain, and the bandwidth in the frequency domain. And the frequency defines the resource element (106-112) of the data signal block (104), including receiving.
The data signal block (104) contains control data and payload data.
The control data is mapped to the resource elements (108-110) of the data signal block (104) so that the number of resource elements (106) to which the payload data is mapped is constant for each symbol. How to do it. To send a data signal with a transmitter,
The data signal comprises at least one data signal block (104), the data signal block (104) having a predetermined duration in the time domain, the number of symbols in the time domain, and the bandwidth in the frequency domain. Symbols and frequencies include transmitting, defining resource elements (106-112) of the data signal block (104).
The data signal block (104) contains control data and payload data.
The control data is mapped to the resource elements (108-110) of the data signal block (104) so that the number of resource elements (106) to which the payload data is mapped is constant for each symbol. How to do it. It is to transmit a data signal with the transmitter of a wireless communication device.
The data signal comprises at least one data signal block (104), the data signal block (104) comprising a predetermined duration in the time domain, the number of symbols in the time domain, and the bandwidth in the frequency domain, the symbols and The frequency defines the resource element (106-112) of the data signal block (104), including transmitting.
The data signal block (104) contains control data and payload data.
For each symbol, the control data is mapped to the resource elements (108-110) of the data signal block (104) so that the number of resource elements (106) to which the payload data is mapped is constant. Further, a method including receiving and processing the data signal in the mobile terminal of the wireless communication system. Receiving a data signal at a receiver (UE1, UE2, RX)
The data signal includes a plurality of data signal blocks (104).
At least one of the data signal blocks (104) has a first block structure having a predetermined duration in the time domain, the number of symbols in the time domain, and the bandwidth in the frequency domain.
At least one of the data signal blocks (104) has a second block structure having a predetermined duration in the time domain, the number of symbols in the time domain, and the bandwidth in the frequency domain. The block structure and the second block structure are different, receiving and
A method comprising processing the symbol of the data signal block (104) having the first block structure and the second block structure by the receivers (UE1, UE2, RX). To send a data signal with a transmitter,
The data signal includes a plurality of data signal blocks (104).
At least one of the data signal blocks (104) has a first block structure having a predetermined duration in the time domain, the number of symbols in the time domain, and the bandwidth in the frequency domain.
At least one of the data signal blocks (104) has a second block structure having a predetermined duration in the time domain, the number of symbols in the time domain, and the bandwidth in the frequency domain. A method comprising transmitting, wherein the block structure and the second block structure are different. It is to transmit a data signal with the transmitter of a wireless communication device.
The data signal comprises a plurality of data signal blocks (104), and at least one of the data signal blocks (104) has a predetermined duration in the time domain, the number of symbols in the time domain, and the bandwidth in the frequency domain. A second having a first block structure with, wherein at least one of the data signal blocks (104) has a predetermined duration in the time domain, the number of symbols in the time domain, and the bandwidth in the frequency domain. The first block structure and the second block structure are different from each other.
Receiving the data signal at the mobile terminal of the wireless communication system
A method comprising processing the symbol of the data signal block (104) having the first block structure and the second block structure by the mobile terminal. A non-transitory computer program product comprising a computer-readable medium containing an instruction to execute the method according to any one of claims 30 to 35 when executed on a computer.

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